Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-18

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $118.84/cwt on 195 head.

Average price

$118.84

195 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$23.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.11

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	129.38	700	109
Medium and Large 2	512	105.47	540	86

One grade step is worth $23.91/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale195 hd

118.84

—

PA average9 barns · 677 hd

114.73

+4.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

56 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - Greencastle, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	835	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	378	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	385	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	93.24/cwt	80.00–100.00	455	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	81.73/cwt	75.00–96.00	427	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	477	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	417	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	978	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	498	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	98.79/cwt	83.00–105.00	600	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	99.36/cwt	90.00–108.00	376	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	90.75/cwt	82.00–98.00	520	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	92.59/cwt	85.00–100.00	475	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	100.58/cwt	95.00–112.00	445	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	302	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	92.54/cwt	80.00–100.00	248	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	79.18/cwt	75.00–81.00	457	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	87.85/cwt	79.00–94.00	368	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	80.45/cwt	63.00–95.00	393	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	70.47/cwt	51.00–92.00	366	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	84.46/cwt	76.00–92.00	318	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	137.35/cwt	125.00–141.00	582	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	135.47/cwt	125.00–152.00	699	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	131.21/cwt	125.00–137.00	806	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	131.02/cwt	119.00–142.00	757	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	125.67/cwt	112.50–139.00	606	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	703	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	292	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	299	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	783	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	111.67/cwt	109.00–115.00	607	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	97.13/cwt	80.00–118.00	668	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	99.23/cwt	82.50–109.00	466	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	117.82/cwt	85.00–134.50	427	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	107.94/cwt	92.00–127.00	624	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	107.55/cwt	87.50–116.00	456	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	585	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	339	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	474	54.02/cwt	51.00–55.00	256	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	612	58.26/cwt	58.00–59.00	357	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	531	59.02/cwt	50.00–67.00	313	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	103.62/cwt	99.00–110.00	632	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	111.15/cwt	106.00–119.00	582	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	105.74/cwt	104.00–111.00	447	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	96.30/cwt	87.00–101.00	631	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	115.56/cwt	104.00–128.00	547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	308	111.24/cwt	110.00–112.50	343	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	812	1

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greencastle Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - Greencastle, PA

Fri Oct 18, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	76.00	76.00
2	—	390	97.00	97.00
2	—	428	90.00	90.00
3	—	488	80.00–100.00	93.24
3	—	523	75.00–96.00	81.73
3	—	575	83.00	83.00
3	—	632	66.00	66.00
4	—	978	79.00	79.00
1	—	775	85.00	85.00
1	—	675	86.00	86.00
1	—	290	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	524	106.00–119.00	111.15
4	—	423	104.00–111.00	105.74
3	—	655	87.00–101.00	96.30
2	—	473	104.00–128.00	115.56
2	—	308	110.00–112.50	111.24
1	—	725	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	498	92.00	92.00
2	—	675	105.00	105.00
3	—	778	90.00	90.00
7	—	607	83.00–105.00	98.79
16	—	378	90.00–108.00	99.36
16	—	573	82.00–98.00	90.75
19	—	513	85.00–100.00	92.59
20	—	442	95.00–112.00	100.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	60.00	60.00
2	—	768	73.00	73.00
4	—	305	99.00	99.00
4	—	618	53.00	53.00
5	—	268	80.00–100.00	92.54
7	—	577	75.00–81.00	79.18
12	—	419	79.00–94.00	87.85
12	—	489	63.00–95.00	80.45
12	—	519	51.00–92.00	70.47
13	—	376	76.00–92.00	84.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	108.00	108.00
2	—	713	74.00	74.00
9	—	424	125.00–141.00	137.35
17	—	516	125.00–152.00	135.47
22	—	614	125.00–137.00	131.21
28	—	578	119.00–142.00	131.02
29	—	482	112.50–139.00	125.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	703	92.00	92.00
3	—	292	102.50	102.50
3	—	783	71.00	71.00
9	—	544	109.00–115.00	111.67
9	—	688	80.00–118.00	97.13
11	—	470	82.50–109.00	99.23
14	—	362	85.00–134.50	117.82
14	—	578	92.00–127.00	107.94
15	—	424	87.50–116.00	107.55
6	—	610	99.00–110.00	103.62
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	58.00	58.00
4	—	474	51.00–55.00	54.02
4	—	612	58.00–59.00	58.26
7	—	531	50.00–67.00	59.02

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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